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2024/06/18

June 18, 2024
It's early morning or early evening. The sky is an indigo blue. A small rocket takes off from a simple launchpad, blasting into the air and leaving a towering inferno on the ground. The problem is that the rocket has launched at an angle, bouncing off the support structure to the left of it before seemingly regaining its trajectory and heading for space. The support structure has two small, pale, white lights on it and is slightly faded towards the top, suggesting fog. On the side of the rocket is a single round portal, revealing a figure silhouette in greenish light.

2024/06/17

June 17, 2024
A very tall, J-shaped creature that looks a little like something between a chicken and an ostrich. It has two spindly legs, an explosion of feathers sticking up from the back, and a very tall neck. However, it also has two small arms higher up on its neck. It is mostly a black silhouette framed against a dark blue sky, with one bright white eye visible.

2024/06/16

June 16, 2024
A headless figure, its right arm placed on its hip, stands casually in a large white space, casting a slight gray shadow. Above, a red balloon with a long string flies away from where the figure's head would be.

2024/06/15

June 15, 2024
A scene at night. Two tall, thin towers rise out of the fog. Connecting them is a horizontal bridge with iron latticework beneath it. At the top of each tower is a glowing yellow light. A person stands on the bridge. Above, in the sky, is a glowing full moon. The bridge looks like an uppercase letter H. This is a primarily blue drawing with accents of fluorescent green for the fog.

2024/06/14

June 14, 2024
An uppercase letter G. The G is fluorescent greenish-blue on a black background, and looks like it's comprised of staticky glowing vertical lines. The effect is somewhere between ghostly and technological.

2024/06/13

June 13, 2024
A fancy, scripted capital F. The F is golden white on a crimson and orange textured background.

2024/06/12

June 12, 2024
An uppercase sans-serif italic letter E. The letter is three-dimensional, with the front of it being bluish-green and the sides orange and yellow. The letter is on a rough, dark-green background. The overall style is very worn and textural, as though the letter is painted on an old wooden surface.

2024/06/11

June 11, 2024
A large, uppercase D. The letter is yellow, stenciled on a textured black background. In the top left and lower right corners are yellow splashes where the paint spilled over the square stencil template. The letter is grubby and smudged, as if it's been stenciled on asphalt in a parking lot.

2024/06/10

June 10, 2024
A large, black-letter capital C. The letter is on a mostly white background stained with blue, green, and yellow. The letter is darker; it looks like a black letter painted heavily with bright colors.

2024/06/09

June 9, 2024
A large, uppercase B, in a serif typeface that suggests Trajan or some old-style type face primarily used on stone. The letter is white, on a dark blue background. However, the letter is covered with a colorful array of yellow, red, green, and magenta paint splashes.

2024/06/08

June 8, 2024
A large, uppercase, sans-serif letter A. The letter is set on a dark gray-black background and looks three-dimensional, as if cut from wood. The front of the letter is yellow; the sides are a mix of dark orange and hot pink.

2024/06/07

June 7, 2024
A grim-looking figure wearing a dark suit and a hat holds a tiny sign in front of them. The sign is white with a red warning icon: that triangle with an exclamation point on it. The figure has a fire-engine-red face, is on a bluish green background, and has a white halo over its head that looks spray-painted on.

2024/06/06

June 6, 2024
A gray night, with a thin sliver of a hazy moon in the sky. The trunk of a large dead tree stands to the right, with a single branch extending off to the left. Hanging from the branch is a small sign that says "open". At the base of the tree is an arched doorway, casting white light out onto the surrounding meadow. In the top left of the trunk is a small, circular window, with white light beaming from that as well. In the sky above, a large bird can be seen.

2024/06/05

June 5, 2024
A tall, thin, very unfinished skyscraper. Parts of the skyscraper's walls are missing, revealing beams and infrastructure. On the right side of the skyscraper is a small crane, from which is dangling a pallet of building materials. At the very top, a person is sitting on a chair, holding a cup. The sky is the bright yellow of high noon; the sun hangs above the skyscraper.

2024/06/04

June 4, 2024
A figure wearing a top hat, a dark suit, and a tie stands on a green background, juggling playing cards. The figure looks like a stage magician. Its face is not visible. Some of the playing cards are on fire. The cards also have odd symbols: a red triangular warning symbol with an exclamation mark, a black lightning bolt, a red smiley face, and an odd symbol that looks like a cross with two crossbars and a circle at the top.

2024/06/03

June 3, 2024
A very large person sitting next to what is presumably a normal-sized phone booth. The booth looks like it's in a meadow in the middle of nowhere. The person would probably be twice the size of the booth if they were standing up. They are nevertheless using the phone, stretching the cord outside the booth. It looks like early morning or early evening; the sky is a darkening blue, and the yellow light from the booth illuminates the grass around it. The person is just a dark silhouette, with no facial features visible. A full moon sits high in the sky.

2024/06/02

June 2, 2024
A large, yellow field, like something you'd see in the Midwest. Rising out of it, bizarrely, is a tall tower-like rock with a flat top. The rock is about as tall as a house. On top of it is a small bus station: a round sign with a bus icon, a bench, and a person sitting on the bench. The sky is bright greenish-yellow fading to blue, suggesting a hot afternoon.

2024/06/01

June 1, 2024
The phrase "let's make better mistakes tomorrow", rendered in wild, psychedelically colored, dripping letters that look like they are a combination of spray paint and regular brush work.

2024/05/31

May 31, 2024
A short figure with a large Napoleon-style tricorn hat and a heavy overcoat. The figure has a fashionable cane or a stick in its right hand. Its left hand is planted on its hip. Its smooth face and empty eyes suggest that it is wearing a mask. In the center of its hat is a very realistic eye. It is standing on a small hill. This is a primarily purple drawing, with highlights rendered in bioluminescent green.

2024/05/30

May 30, 2024
An orange giant with smallish red hands trips over a rock and hurtles forward, dropping its large black club. The giant looks like it is wearing a suit and tie. The giant does not have any discernible facial features, although it does appear to have a lot of unruly hair combed forward. The sky is a turmoil of gray clouds. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or undead, is purely coincidental.

2024/05/29

May 29, 2024
A traffic light out in the middle of nowhere, mounted on a small hill. In the background is the blurry suggestion of a mountain and a cloudy sky. Hovering above the traffic light, which is red, is a blurry halo. This is a monochrome drawing that looks like it was rendered in charcoal.

2024/05/28

May 28, 2024
A person wearing a fedora and a dark suit and tie. The person has wide, staring eyes, and an extremely intense expression. The person's head is disproportionately large, and looks more like an illustration or cartoon than a realistic rendering. The right side of the person's head is bright red, as though caught in a red spotlight. The left side is white. This is a craggy, round face: perhaps a businessman gone to seed, or a dissolute government agent with too many years on the job. This is a primarily black and white drawing, with the exception of the red.

2024/05/27

May 27, 2024
An unsettling goblin-like person with a bald head, pointed ears, and round, unpleasantly glistening eyes. Its mouth is hanging open, teeth exposed in a prominent overbite. It looks like Gollum's clueless uncle. This is a mostly dark, monochrome drawing that looks like it was rendered in charcoal.

2024/05/26

May 26, 2024
A creature with two legs and one arm. The creature is simple, brightly colored, and set against a black background, as though cut out of construction paper. Its body is reddish-orange with touches of magenta. It has spikes on its shoulder and arm. It is wearing a bright green and yellow mask with three red eyes and a beard that looks like it's made of connections on a circuit board. The mask has two horns. Floating above the creature are blurry multicolored bubbles.

2024/05/25

May 25, 2024
A dark, gray night. A remote, grassy hill. Rising up from the hill is a small, oddly shaped house, with no windows, a pointed roof, and a doorway like an open mouth. On the side of the house, at the top, is a large white eye. Hanging over the door is a small, glowing sign that says "open". This is a monochrome drawing rendered primarily in gray and black.

2024/05/24

May 24, 2024
A dark night sky with a field of bright red grass below. Planted in the middle of the field is a small sign, pointing to the right, with no visible text. Hovering above the sign, floating through the air, are glowing green wisp-like creatures that suggest ghosts or spirits. High in the sky is a bright red disc that could be a moon.

2024/05/23

May 23, 2024
A small dirt road cuts through a scrubby area with low trees and high weeds. In the lower left is a small wooden sign, pointing to the road, but no letters are visible on it. Farther down the road is a small figure wearing a hat and carrying a staff. There appears to be a slight haze of fog hanging over the road. In the distance, high in the sky, is a huge red heart-shaped balloon with yellow stars printed on it. The sky is gray and cloudy. A few birds circle high above. This is a primarily gray and dull blue drawing.

2024/05/22

May 22, 2024
A blue shield with a realistic portrait of a devil on it. The devil has a heavy brow, muttonchop whiskers, and no ears. The devil is rendered in fluorescent green, with yellow light illuminating one side of the devil's face. Above the shield floats a green bar with diagonal yellow stripes on it, looking sort of like those barriers you see at construction scenes. Floating above the bar is a ghostly greenish star. A dark figure is standing behind the shield, aligned in such a way that it looks like the face on the shield is the figure's head. The figure is holding a glowing greenish-yellow key. The devil in the shield appears to be looking at the key. The background of this drawing is black.

2024/05/21

May 21, 2024
A scene at night, somewhere in a remote, natural area. The ground appears to be covered with low trees, weeds, and shrubbery. Rising up out of the ground is a sign with the word "open" on it in glowing pink letters. The sign is tall, like a sign for a gas station. Approaching the sign in the background are multiple hazy figures who appeared to be carrying powerful flashlights, like a search party. This is a mostly blue and black drawing.

2024/05/20

May 20, 2024
A scene that shows either a blazing sunrise or sunset. The sun is low towards the horizon; above it hangs a much larger planet, like the moon if it was several sizes bigger than it actually is. In the foreground stands a tall building, like a tenement, rising up out of an uneven landscape. The building does not appear to be in a city. It only has one window: a glowing red window at the very top. This is a primarily red and yellow drawing, with the building in navy blue.

2024/05/19

May 19, 2024
A tablet, with a ghostly face reflected in the black screen. The tablet appears to be off, but a green light at the top next to the camera indicates that it is recording something. Reflected on its screen is a blurry, pale face with no expression and empty eyes. They say that sometimes, the abyss looks back. "When one looks long into nothingness, one becomes nothing, empty." –Theodore Van Rooy (totally random guy on StackExchange)

2024/05/18

May 18, 2024
A dark night. A small creek winds through a black forest with a tall, conical mountain rising in the distance. Blazing into the sky from the mountain is a glowing light with a tail like a comet, suggesting a flare or a firework launched by someone on top of the mountain. In the foreground, on the bank of the creek, a small figure stands next to a fire, watching the light in the sky. This is a primarily blue drawing.

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